VOCAB UNIT 10

ACQUIENCE

• Synonym: comply with, accede, yeild
• Antonyms: resist, protest
• The U.S. Does not acquiesce to terrorists.

ALLURE

• Synonyms: beguile, tantalize, tempttation
• Antonyms: repel, turn off, repellent
• The smell of the cookies allured me to the kitchen.

ASKEW

• Synonyms: awry, lopsided, cockeyed
• Antonyms: straight, semetrical
• The painting on the walls were askew and lopsided

BLITHE

• Synonyms: carefree, nonchalant, indiffrent
• Antonyms: glum, morose, depressed
• The little child was blithe and full of life

CONTENTIOUS

• Synonyms: arguementative, combative
• Antonyms: agreeable, amiable, affable
• The customer was very rude and contentious

COVET

• Synonyms: crave, hunger for, yearn for
• Antonyms: disdain, scorn, despise
• When I get home from school I crave for food

CRESTFALLEN

• Synonyms: didpondent, disconsolate
• Antonyms: elated, cheerfull, cocky
• After the team lost there game theywere crestfallen.

DISHEVELED

• Synonyms: untiedy, disarranged, tousled
• Antonyms: tidey. Well groomed
• When I get out of bed I often look disheveled.

EXPONET

• Synonyms: defender, champion, interpreter
• Antonyms: critic, adversary, detractor
• I loved math until we started working with exponets.

GARRULOUS

• Synonyms: talkative, loquacious
• Antonyms: reticent, mum, taciturn, laconic
• When I am in a bery boring class I tend to be garrulous.

INSUPERABLE

• Synonyms: invincible, insurmountable
• Antonyms: surmountable, conquerable
• The homework of English class is insuperable

LAMENTABLE

• Synonyms: deplorable, regrettable, distressing
• Antonyms: praiseworthy, commendable, laudable
• The fact that I went to Canisius is not lamentable.

MISNOMER

• Synonyms: misnaming, malapropism
• The name for a child should not be a misnomer.

PROFESS

• Synonyms: assert, proclaim, purport
• Antonyms: disclaim, disavow, repudiate
• I profess that I am a crusader.

RESPITE

• Synonyms: interval, intermission, lull, breather
• There was a respite in the middle of the drama production.

RETRIBUTION

• Synonyms: recompense, requital, just deserts
• There is a retribution for shoplifting in America.

SINUOUS

• Synonyms: twisting, convoluted, supple
• Antonyms: direct, unbending, stiff, rigid
• The back roads are usually sinuous.

SONOROUS

• Synonyms: resonant, resounding, grandiloquent
• Antonyms: tinny, reedy, harsh, grating
• The new song was very sonorous.

VANGUARD

• Synonyms: forefront, cutting edge, trailblazers
• Antonyms: rear guard, stragglers, laggards
• The vanguard of the army is the marines.

WASTREL

• Synonyms: loafer, idler, profligate
• Antonyms: skinflint, tightwad